Ethics in classifieds!?

[shaper]

6769km in a year, wish I had all the time to cycle that he obviously has.

Or is that pretty average on le Hub??

Pretty average.. wait till we have the thread later in the year with everyone's strava stats.... there be plenty over 10,000kms a year !!

[Barry]

what would the reasonable time be to wait for someone who sends a PM saying  (If this is available i will take it) i have replied yes available and i have asked if they still want it but no reply from buyer 

[thebob]

what would the reasonable time be to wait for someone who sends a PM saying  (If this is available i will take it) i have replied yes available and i have asked if they still want it but no reply from buyer 

Happens plenty. A simple "thanks, but I won't take it" would be appreciated

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

DO NOT hold onto any items. Showing interest and actually buying are not necessarily linked AT ALL.

 

Held many an item before just to struggle to sell a week later. People see the ad age and assume you are struggling then want to negotiate the price down.

[m-squared]

DO NOT hold onto any items. Showing interest and actually buying are not necessarily linked AT ALL.

 

Held many an item before just to struggle to sell a week later. People see the ad age and assume you are struggling then want to negotiate the price down.

 

^ This.

 

Been down that road too many times. 

 

I understand why hubbers write "if you see the ad, it's available. No need to ask."  If it actually works..

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

^ This.

 

Been down that road too many times. 

 

I understand why hubbers write "if you see the ad, it's available. No need to ask."  If it actually works..

 

I put that in every ad and without fail I still get 10 "is this available" messages. I feel for people who are that mentally challenged.....

[MORNE]

I put that in every ad and without fail I still get 10 "is this available" messages. I feel for people who are that mentally challenged.....

 

the counter argument to this is all the adverts that stay up after items are sold....and you enquire about availability...only for the seller to say "oh ja sorry that was sold a while back"

[Jewbacca]

the counter argument to this is all the adverts that stay up after items are sold....and you enquire about availability...only for the seller to say "oh ja sorry that was sold a while back"

I've actually had that answer while the ad said 'if the ad is up the item is available'!

 

Hi, I am interested in buying your hub, would you ship to Cape Town?

 

Oh, the red hub? Sorry, that was sold weeks ago.......

 

Exactly!

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

I mark all my ads SOLD as soon as they sell, annoys people but I believe its useful, so sellers can see a going, current price......

Edited September 26, 2019 by Steven Knoetze (sk27)

[m-squared]

I mark all my ads SOLD as soon as they sell, annoys people but I believe its useful, so sellers can see a going, current price......

 

I do the same thing but I still get messages asking if it's still available.  This after putting *** SOLD *** in the header.

[Jewbacca]

I reckon if something is sold, the ad should get taken down straight away.

 

There are already enough things to browse through without having to see things you can't have!

[Wheelie87]

I reckon if something is sold, the ad should get taken down straight away.

 

There are already enough things to browse through without having to see things you can't have!

Fair enough - it is the same with estate agents..advertising sold houses never quite get it

Suppose it serves some purpose...showing people fair prices and stuff actually moving etc- I dunno...

I marked my previous item sold as the guy who bought it phoned me and never rated the sale on the hub. We only dealt over the phone. I prefer dealing through the Hub tbh

Also got the "is it really sold" reply afterwards - classic

[shaper]

I mark mine Sold for a day, so that the buy if he wants can find the ad and rate me. After that I delete it irrespective of whether there has been a rating or not.

[HeyYou]

Another example of NOT COOL trading practices on BikeHub.

 

So, sometime early am yesterday (28^th September), The Professor posts for sale a Vintage pair of Campagnolo Cobalto brake calipers for R1000, no bids, no offers, just buy at R1000. About 5 hours after the ad is placed, I see it and DIBS and send the required Whatsapp.

 

Around 11 am I’ve not had a reply to my whatsapp. Although it’s been read. I message again and I get a reply --

 

Hi. There are 3 people interested in them. What would your highest bid be for them?

 

I decline to bid.

 

A lengthy whatsapp discussion ensues over the day because:

To my mind, the calipers were advertised at R1k, so whomever was first should get them at R1k.

I don’t think it’s cool to advertise and then ask those interested to ‘bid’.

 

The long and the short is that The Professor does not agree that this method of doing business sucks!!

 

Apparently the guy whom was the first to reply to the ad got the calipers. That’s as it should be, but I wonder how much he ‘bid’ to get them in the end????

 

****I don’t have a copy of the ad, it was removed quite smartly and I don’t know how to access expired ads on the hub. But, perhaps someone can “Vintage Campagnolo Super Record Cobalto brakes” or something similar. The same calipers were advertised on Gumtree for R1000 and I have a screen shot of that ad.

I also have a transcript of the Whatsapp correspondence, for those whom are bored!!!

[Eddy Gordo]

Another example of NOT COOL trading practices on BikeHub.

 

So, sometime early am yesterday (28^th September), The Professor posts for sale a Vintage pair of Campagnolo Cobalto brake calipers for R1000, no bids, no offers, just buy at R1000. About 5 hours after the ad is placed, I see it and DIBS and send the required Whatsapp.

 

Around 11 am I’ve not had a reply to my whatsapp. Although it’s been read. I message again and I get a reply --

 

Hi. There are 3 people interested in them. What would your highest bid be for them?

 

I decline to bid.

 

A lengthy whatsapp discussion ensues over the day because:

To my mind, the calipers were advertised at R1k, so whomever was first should get them at R1k.

I don’t think it’s cool to advertise and then ask those interested to ‘bid’.

 

The long and the short is that The Professor does not agree that this method of doing business sucks!!

 

Apparently the guy whom was the first to reply to the ad got the calipers. That’s as it should be, but I wonder how much he ‘bid’ to get them in the end????

 

****I don’t have a copy of the ad, it was removed quite smartly and I don’t know how to access expired ads on the hub. But, perhaps someone can “Vintage Campagnolo Super Record Cobalto brakes” or something similar. The same calipers were advertised on Gumtree for R1000 and I have a screen shot of that ad.

I also have a transcript of the Whatsapp correspondence, for those whom are bored!!!

Happens often and these are the guys that should be lowballed, and not even negotiate further.

[Dirt Tracker]

Another example of NOT COOL trading practices on BikeHub.

 

So, sometime early am yesterday (28^th September), The Professor posts for sale a Vintage pair of Campagnolo Cobalto brake calipers for R1000, no bids, no offers, just buy at R1000. About 5 hours after the ad is placed, I see it and DIBS and send the required Whatsapp.

 

Around 11 am I’ve not had a reply to my whatsapp. Although it’s been read. I message again and I get a reply --

 

Hi. There are 3 people interested in them. What would your highest bid be for them?

 

I decline to bid.

 

A lengthy whatsapp discussion ensues over the day because:

To my mind, the calipers were advertised at R1k, so whomever was first should get them at R1k.

I don’t think it’s cool to advertise and then ask those interested to ‘bid’.

 

The long and the short is that The Professor does not agree that this method of doing business sucks!!

 

Apparently the guy whom was the first to reply to the ad got the calipers. That’s as it should be, but I wonder how much he ‘bid’ to get them in the end????

 

****I don’t have a copy of the ad, it was removed quite smartly and I don’t know how to access expired ads on the hub. But, perhaps someone can “Vintage Campagnolo Super Record Cobalto brakes” or something similar. The same calipers were advertised on Gumtree for R1000 and I have a screen shot of that ad.

I also have a transcript of the Whatsapp correspondence, for those whom are bored!!!

 

Here is the cached version from Google. If it's the same Professor who is in Retreat and an excellent mechanic then that does surprise me as I used to take my bikes to him all the time and he was a straight up guy. 

 

Bids wars are not something I'll enter into and I'll tell the seller so. It is a sellers prerogative to pull an advert and post it again if he / she wants. It's his item and you can sell it to who you want for how ever much you want but if you advertise it as one price than that is the price unless you're open to a negotiation. 

 

Maybe the should be a new tag line at the end of an advert 'Price negotiable down or up'